Baron-sur-Odon () is a
commune in the
Calvados department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in the
Normandy region of north-western
France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Baronnais'' or ''Baronnaises''.
The commune has been awarded one flower by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''.
Geography
Baron-sur-Odon is located some 4 km south-west of
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,[Villers-Bocage. It is part of the urban area of Caen. Access to the commune is by the D89 from ]Tourville-sur-Odon
Tourville-sur-Odon (, literally ''Tourville on Odon'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 commu ...
in the north which passes through the village and continues south to Esquay-Notre-Dame
Esquay-Notre-Dame () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Calvados department
*Operation Epsom
Operation Epsom, also known as the First Battle of th ...
. The D214 comes from Gavrus in the south-west and also passes through the village as well as Les Crettes and La Bruyère before continuing north-east to Fontaine-Étoupefour. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Tourmauville, Les Crettes, and La Bruyère. The commune is mostly farmland except for some forest in the north.[
The river Odon forms the northern border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the Orne in Caen.
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Toponymy
The name of the area is attested as ''Baron'' in 1138 and ''Baro'' in the 14th century.[Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, ''Etymological Dictionary of place names in France'', Larousse, Paris, 1963 ] The or